Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7739
Title: Working memory capacity and cognitive styles in decision-making
Contributor(s): Fletcher, Jennifer (author); Marks, Anthony  (author); Hine, Donald W  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2011
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.02.002
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/7739
Abstract: Human decision-making is thought to involve the interplay of two distinct information processing systems: a rational (logical) system and an experiential (intuitive) system (Epstein, 1994). Moreover, the ability to engage in rational processing is believed to be constrained by working memory capacity (WMC) (Feldman Barrett, Tugade, & Engle, 2004). Accordingly, preference for rationality, but not preference for experientiality, was expected to mediate the relationship between WMC and performance on cognitive tasks that require logical reasoning. Path analysis using AMOS 18, with data from 269 non-paired twins, confirmed this mediation hypothesis. Higher WMC was predictive of stronger preference for rationality, which, in turn, was predictive of better syllogistic reasoning, lower susceptibility to gambling biases, and lower superstitiousness and categorical thinking. As expected, WMC was unrelated to preference for experiential processing, and higher experientiality predicted poorer performance on the syllogistic reasoning task, higher susceptibility to gambling biases and greater superstitiousness.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Personality and Individual Differences, 50(7), p. 1136-1141
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 1873-3549
0191-8869
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 170109 Personality, Abilities and Assessment
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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